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title: Install vdr-server on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of vdr-server for Linux - the Video Disk Recorder
url: https://snapcraft.io/vdr-server
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# vdr-server

[Oliver Grawert (ogra)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ogra "View all snaps from Oliver Grawert (ogra)")

* [Oliver Grawert (ogra)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ogra "View all snaps from Oliver Grawert (ogra)")
* [Photo and Video](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=photo-and-video)

latest/stable 2.5.4

Install latest/stable of vdr-server

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install vdr-server
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* vdr-server

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### License

* GPL-2.0-only

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### Last updated

* 3 February 2022 - latest/stable
* 14 October 2025 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/ogra1/vdr-server](https://github.com/ogra1/vdr-server "https://github.com/ogra1/vdr-server")

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### Contact

* [github.com/ogra1/vdr-server/issues](https://github.com/ogra1/vdr-server/issues "https://github.com/ogra1/vdr-server/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/vdr-server#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/vdr-server#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/vdr-server#tab-security)

#### the Video Disk Recorder

This vdr-server snap ships with vdr and the vnsiserver plugin enabled by
default. Optionally the streamdev (server), epgsearch, epgfixer, live and
dvbapi plugins can be enabled and disabled at runtime using

```
 snap set vdr-server pluginname=true
```

All configuration files are stored in /var/snap/vdr-server/current/lib/

To allow vdr to work seameless please connect the dvb, hardware-observe,
network-control and process-control interfaces of this snap.

If you need additional plugins included in the snap, please file an issue
at <https://github.com/ogra1/vdr-server/issues>

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## Install vdr-server on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/vdr-server/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/vdr-server/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/vdr-server/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/vdr-server/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/vdr-server/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/vdr-server/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/vdr-server/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/vdr-server/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/vdr-server/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/vdr-server/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/vdr-server/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/vdr-server/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/vdr-server/raspbian)